All sensations are true; pleasure is our natural goal.
I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome.
We have been born once and there can be no second birth. Fir all eternity we shall no longer be. But you, although you are not master of tomorrow, are postponing your happiness.
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help
A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.